UK Charity Finder

Objects:
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY THAT OF YOUNG PERSONS, THAT IS TO SAY PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 30 YEARS THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND THE SPOKEN WORD AND THROUGH AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE OPERATIC HERITAGE BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS: (A) BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND FACILITIES FOR OPERATIC PRODUCTION INCLUDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN OPERA AND FOR THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE THEREOF. (B) THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCH YOUNG PERSONS TO LEARN THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OPERATIC PRODUCTION BY TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN ALL DEPARTMENTS OF SUCH PRODUCTION. (C) THE PROVISION OF REGULAR OPERATIC PRODUCTIONS OF A HIGH STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE AND PRESENTATION SO AS TO LEAD TO AN INCREASED ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF OPERA. (D) BY THE PROVISION OF THE AFORESAID FACILITIES, WITH A VIEW TO INCULCATING THE WISE USE OF LEISURE, THE TRAINING OF CHARACTER IN TEAM SPIRIT AND SELF-DISCIPLINE AND BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF INITIATIVE AND ALERTNESS BOTH BY TAKING OPERATIC ROLES ON THE STAGE, AND BY PLAYING IN THE ORCHESTRA AND BY ORGANISING AND SUPERVISING THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF AN OPERATIC PRODUCTION.